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Monday, 8 June 2015

Volunteering

Volunteering

The
verb was first recorded in 1755. It was derived from the nounvolunteer, inC.1600,
"one who offers himself for military service," from theMiddle Frenchvoluntaire.In the non-military sense, the word was first recorded
during the 1630s. The wordvolunteeringhas more recent usage—still predominantly
military—coinciding with the phrasecommunity
service.

Volunteering as
utilized by service learning programs

Many
schools on all education levels offerservice-learning, which allow the student to serve a group
through volunteering while earning educational credit.

Volunteering
is a powerful means of preparing students to become more caring and responsible
parents and citizens and of helping colleges and universities to make good on
their pledge to 'serve society. Volunteering in service learning seems to have
the result of engaging both mind and heart, thus providing a more powerful
learning experience.

Skills-based
volunteering

Skills-based
volunteeringis leveraging the specialized skills and the talents of
individuals to strengthen the infrastructure of nonprofits, helping them build
and sustain their capacity to successfully achieve their missions.

Volunteering In
INDIA.

An
increasingly popular form of volunteering among young people, particularlygap yearstudents
and graduates, is to travel to communities in thedeveloping worldto
work on projects with local organisations. Activities include teaching English,
working in orphanages, conservation, assisting non-governmental organisations
and medical work. International volunteering often aims to give participants
valuable skills and knowledge in addition to benefits to the host community and
organization.

Online volunteering

Online
volunteering, virtual volunteering is a term that describes a volunteer who
completes tasks, in whole or in part, offsite from the organization being assisted.
Heeals have large number of overseas coordinator who are helping in mission of
the organization .

Environmental volunteering

Environmental
volunteering refers to the volunteers who contribute towards environmental
management or conservation. Volunteers conduct a range of activities including
environmental monitoring, ecological restoration such as re-vegetation and weed
removal, protecting endangered animals, and educating others about the natural
environment.Heeals Green Earth Project Promote and Protect Environment is
striving to achieve SDG’s .

Volunteering in an emergency

Volunteering
often plays a pivotal role in the recovery effort following natural disasters,
such as tsunamis, floods, droughts, hurricanes, and earthquakes.

Volunteering in schools

Resource
poor schools around the world rely on government support or on efforts from
volunteers and private donations, in order to run effectively. In some
countries, whenever the economy is down, the need for volunteers and resources
increases greatly. There are many opportunities available in school systems for
volunteers

Community voluntary work

Community
volunteering refers globally to those who work to improve their local
community. This activity commonly occurs through not for profit organizations